How Xi Jinping did it

Analysis

BBC

Government, Politics, News

4.6 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 17 October 2022

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Just over a decade ago, President Xi Jinping was a virtual unknown. Few would say that now. In ten years, he’s reworked the Chinese Communist party, the military and the government so that he’s firmly in control. He’s also vanquished all of his obvious rivals. And now, he’s about to extend his time in office. Some say Xi might stay in the top job indefinitely. So how did Xi Jinping do it? Celia Hatton, the BBC’s Asia Pacific Editor, speaks to fellow China watchers to find out.

Producer: Rob Walker Editor: Clare Fordham Researcher: Ben Cooper Studio Manager: James Beard Production Coordinators: Maria Ogundele and Helena Warwick-Cross

With special thanks to Kerry Allen.

(Photo: Chinese President Xi Jinping attends the art performance celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Founding of the Communist Party of China in 2021. Credit: Lintao Zhang/Getty Images)

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1:11.2	Listen out for The Witch farm, the true story, a Britain's most haunted house. Hello, I'm Celia Hatton, and in this episode of analysis, we're going to zero in on a political drama that's about to play out in China. It's got 1.4 billion people,
1:37.0	but over the last decade, political power has settled around one man.
1:43.0	See Jinping.
1:44.0	She Jinping to address us.
1:46.0	She was an unknown when he took the reigns in 2012.
1:50.0	She was an unknown when he took the reins in 2012.
1:53.5	Few would say that now.
1:55.5	In 10 years, he's reworked the Chinese Communist Party,
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